hamingja

== English == === Noun === hamingja (plural hamingjas) (Norse mythology) A female guardian angel in Norse mythology, believed to accompany a person and decide their luck and happiness. == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse hamingja. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaːmiɲca/ === Noun === hamingja f (genitive singular hamingju, no plural) happiness Synonym: sæla luck, fortune Synonyms: gæfa, heill, gifta ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== hamingjulaus (“luckless”) hamingjusamur (“lucky; happy”) til hamingju == Old Norse == === Etymology === From an earlier *ham-gengja (“that which goes around in a case or wrapping”), composed of the same elements underlying hamr (“skin, shape”) +‎ ganga (“to go, walk”) (see also gengi (“luck, help”)). Hamingjas were "shapewalker" guardian spirits in Norse mythology who would accompany people and determine their luck. === Noun === hamingja f luck guardian spirit, hamingja ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== gæfa ==== Descendants ==== Danish: hamingje Icelandic: hamingja Norwegian Bokmål: hamingje === References === === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hamingja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive